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The Indianapolis journal., 1887-12-06

AFFAIRS OF THE SOLDIERS ORPHANS HOME.
The board of trustees of the Indiana Soldiers
and Sailors Orphans Home filed their ninth
annual report with the Governor yesterday
They say they have pushed the new building to
sompletion as rapidly possible. IL will be
ready for occupancy by Jan. l, 1883. and will
accommodate 450 children. The board has also
contracted for school building capable of
commodating $50 children. which will be COM
pieted at about the same time. On April 2S
last the board purchased seventy-five acres OF
land adjoining the home making total of 134
acres in the grounds. L. is estimated that there
will be 400 inmates at least, soon as the home
Is opened, and possibly more. The total receipts
from all sources have been S3o.096. TO- all OF
which has been expended. The number of
children now in the home is l67. Only one death
aas occurred during the year. President Benja-
min L. Smith. of the board, states that terra
gas well has been struck on the grounds OF the
home which will be ample to supply the nome
with fuel and light
THREE HORSES STOLEN IN AN HOUR
The officers of the police force put their heads
together at roll-can last evening and argued
whether or not there was an organized gang Of
borse-thieves in Indianapolis. In one hour, TO
o'clock three reports OF horses having been
stolen in the central part of the city came to
headquarters. little after O'Clock 5. j.
Earl, or West Indianapolis, hitched his horse
and buggy in front of the west entrance OF the
courthouse while he went inside the building
for few mintes and when he came out he
found the hitchlng strap cut and the horse and
buggy gone. About the same time w. w. Hub
bard, living on Christian avenue left his horse
and buggy ip front of No. 81 East Market street,
and they taken. just before o'clock
Mrs. j. Huber, wife of the merchant tailor at
the corner OF Pennsylvania and Washington
street. drove down town for Mr. Huber, and. as
he was not quite ready to go, hitched the horse
in front of the store. Fifteen minutes later,
yhen she and Mr.. Huber were ready to go home
The Indianapolis journal., 1887-12-06
CITY MATTERS IN GENERAL
To-Day's Doings.

MEETING OF STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCI-
ETY-State Board of Agriculture rooms, morning
and afternoon.
in ..Back Hussar,' evening.
DIME MUSEUM-'sThrown Upon the World, after
noon and evening
The Indianapolis journal., 1887-12-06

the horse and buggy were missing. and only
piece of the hitching strap left. The of11cers
were unable to get any clews to the thieves
The Indianapolis journal., 1887-12-06

Browns ExPEoToRANT cures coughs, colds,
ETC., in adults and children. 50-cent bottles.
Sold hY druggists.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-07-14
South and West.

An neronaut named Baldwin assembled =. 900
feet in balloon at Quincy, lll., and then
jumped out, holding an open parachute. The
descent was made In three and hall min
utes, and the daring aoronaut was unhurt
LATER particulars Of tho recent riot at
Oak Ridge, La. state that i'm all about
twelve negroes were killed OF hanged one
white man was killed and two were wounded
The affair grew out Of an attempt 90 convey
60 prison "A negro accused of assnultiug u
white woman.
HENToN MILLER Treasurer OF Perry
County, Ind, is defaulter 60 the extent of
81, ,OOO aud has fed His predecessor IS
serving a term in the pcnitcntiary for a simi-
lar otIense.
THE discovery OF gold near Wheeling, W
Va, has created considerable excitement
THE left leg Of Howard Williamson, "A Ken
tucky farmer has become gradually hard
ened until It seems to all Appearance a piece
Of marble, from the hip down
The disease known as Texas fcvCr ie
spreading among cattle i'm Nebraska. Last
year this scOurge cost the stock interest i'm Ne.
braska upward of $1,000 OO)
THE members ot u gang winch lynchpd
John Davis near Eckcrty. Ind have put tho
ncghborhood under rcgin OF terror, aud
threaten death 10 anybody giving informa
ton 10 the newspapers PAWS was horribly
mutilat"d and was probably dead before bo
Ing hanged,
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-07-14
Tie Agc RInps In Trces.

Every day some pet theory, long hcld
and honestly vcncrated, j, being dcmOl-
ished and sent 10 the limbo Of myth
with Tells apple, Washiugtou's cherry
tree and other old acquaiutauccs, now
demonstrated 90 be myths Now the
agcrings in trees has to suffer limbuuila
tion, if that word may bc allowed. Mr.
Il. w Furras, an agent Of the United
States Forestry Department, who has
given mnch attention 10 the age Of trees
as indicated by rings as well as 10 the
period 40 which trees Of different spccisc
stop growing and that at which the wood
Is at its best has reached some cOucu-
siOns Of general interest IIc says.
"COnccntric or annual rings, which
were once accepted as good legal cyi-
doucc, fail, except where climate. soil,
temperature. humidity and all other sur
rouudings are regular and well balanced
Otherwise they are mere guess work.
The only regions within my knowledge
where either ring- or measurements were
reliable indications are in the secluded.
even and regularly tempered valleys Of
the Southern Pacific coast
Annual measurements Of white elm.
catalpa soft maple sycamore. pig hick.
ory. cottonwood. chestnut. box elder.
honey locust coffee tree. burr and white
oak black walnut. Usage orange, white
pine. red cedar mulberry and yellow ssh
low nineteen pccics. made boo Southeast
ern Nebraska show that annual growth
isvcry irregular sometimes scarcely per
ccpiibIc and again quito lorgo and thi.
hruttributcs tO the difference .u seasons
AZ trees increase iu agc. inner RINGS du
crease an size. sometime almost disp
poariug Diminished rate of growth after
"a certain age i- The rule OF four great
becchcs mentioned by LOud0n. there were
three, each about ~ feet boo giuh whose
ages were respectively $50. lu2 and POO
years Mr. Fuuu. found ~ ring boo 20
black locust 6 years old. 30 rings Boo 90
shcII.bar hickory of ~ years. 90 uug.
iu pig hickory of years. 10 rings in 10
wild crab apple of D yc1re. and only 2O
rings in chestnut oak of 20 years. Au
American chestnut Of only four years bad
@ rings while u peach of years htd
only five rings Luabr. WgrH
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-07-14
Itorcign.

GREAT BRITAIN aud Russia have fnnde
mutual concessions regarding the Afghan
boundary questions. which u is expected
VIII result IN AN early agreement between
the two nations
A MEETING Of Americans was held in Lon.
don on the Fourth 70 the toast proposed by
United States Minister Phelps r'Tho
Fourth No country 10 AN American like
hOme.1, James g. Blaine responded
EXTENSIVE preparations have been mado
FOR the eviction of seventy tenants in County
wexford, Ireland. The tenants will resist 10
the best Of their power
MAN named Schimak who has lust been
arrested in Morayia, has committed six muir.
ders. three great robberic-, and numerous
thctts He had IN his possession "a programme
for the murder Of eighty of the richest in
hubitants Of MoraviH llo had several ac-
complies, some Of whom have been arrested.
A PART of st. Remi, Quebec, has been
burned. Thirty private dwellings and five
pl ces Of business wero destroyed Loss.
800 900
a fIRE iu the Citadel at Quebec DESTROYED
the barracks, stables ammunition wagons.
Ctc
A TFRWBLf famine prevails at Skagcfjcrd
Iceland, and many peasants and thousands Oi
cattle have died from want Of food
1nE town of Macy KaroIy, in Hungary
ha, lcen destroyed bY o. hurr.ciue aud wntei.
spout The site oi the town and the ad iOn
ing district are converted into 70 vast lake
Many persons lost their live.
Hos. JAMEs g. BLAINE has been visiting
Edinburgh. accompanied by Senator Hale of
Maine Attic Scottish capital hc was the
guc-' Oi Andrew tarneglc the Scottish.
American manufacturer aud spoke at =
public reception.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-07-14
PERSONS OF NoTR.

SrUEGEoN. th6 Nelchratej London
h httY three years old
DoN prpRo has sailed FROM Rio Janciro fSI
Europe and the Holy Land
FREpERICK DoUGLAss H. expected TO 80.
turn TO this country m September
GENERAL SIMON CANERoN has saiiCd FOR
Europe, 60 bo gone until September
SECRErNRY LAMAR Is a Jersey cattl,
fancier, and has a small issrl et his home it
Oxford Miss
QUEEN MARGuERIrA ot Italy, ~ H pro
hcicnt Hebrew scholar, aud READS the old
testament in the original with ease
JUnGE HtroN's park at Saratoga now
comprises l,uOO aCU~ II Is said 70 he the
handSomest private park in the country
Rrv, jams RomNsoN. ~ Money Crcck
IN. has baptized over ijOu persons during
hiS ministerial career ot forty yVUrs
UNITED STATES SENATORS SAmN. of Min
neSota, has no children uf his own, but gives
tatcrnal care to nine freudles, orphans
GovERNoR KNOTT ot kentucky h passing
his vacation season bN ~,a voyage on a
coaster from Baltimore 60 Halifax aud re
turn.
MRS LivERMoRE has delivered moro than
SOO temperance addresses For many year,
she has leCturod five nights a week FOR live
months in the year She travels yearly
- 900 miles
BONANZA MACKAY has Just invested $3.50,
90 i'm an Alaska mining expedition IL con
slSts of vessel and force of miners with
tools and supple, binga Island is 10 bo the
scene Ol operations
MRs GENERAL LOGAN is i'm very poor
health She has hceu u Chicago arranging
some business affairs of the late Senator bu
will return To her Washington home soon
and TAKE II long rest
MEEU BABOOR ALLiY, llmdoo resident O
san Francisco has iliod "a declaration of hi
intention Ia become citizen of the Unite,
States lie is the first of hiS gRCg who SO fnl
ns Is known, has ever done SO
TuE Empress ~ Japan expects to visit th,
Jntcl state, I'M October She will land il
San Francisco, cone rt,t Nv way of Sal
Lake. Omaha amt Chicago. nud return ia tw,
months 10y the southern route.
MRS LEvtNA FuLMpRE X the oldcs
woman m Buffalo, y y II she lives unit
August l3 She viii celebrate her one huntlr.tl
birthday al the Methodist Church owe
which her late husband resided FOR qunrte
of a century
IuE only member OF the late Hornc
ltrecleyS family now living lbs his daughter
Miss Gabrielle NJ Cively, WHO four years Hg,
bought her father house aud farm Of eighty
two acres at ChappaIuo for SlO.OJO, an,
now resides theIH
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-07-14
The NEWS IN BRIEF.
Eastern aud Middle states.

ORpERS wcre sent from Romeou the ith Co
the Archbishop Ot New York To- CNCOuuuni.
cate the Rev. Dr McGlNnn, and to publish
the degree ot accommodation iu the iuur-
mails.
LUXE Z. PoLANp,eN United states senator.
died of apopleNy few DAYS ago at hi, rcSi-
dence m NatcrNille, VI lie was torn in
Wrsttord, Vt, m 1913, and had been Chict
Justice of the state Supreme Court and a
member of both Houses of Congress
\ ASrArUE of General Burnside was unveiled
at Providence J., with appropriate cerc
monies
JoUN StADr \ Co. oi New York. one ~
the oldest Wholesale drNgonls HOUSES mn the
country, have failed tor "a large sum
PROFESSOR G. II GRuNlEN. an aeronau;,
aud companion n IL hallcon ascension at
Portland Me. were carried out to s'n 10y the
Wiud and struck the water bUt we're rescued
hN uNucht
JAN PHoN l.sr ,hmauan Who grad.
untcd recently from Yale College with high
honorS, was married the other day I'm New
Haven 60 Mis-, Elizabeth Maude Jerome, "a
good looking hcircsN to SlOO,NO
MoRE than 100 persons ON thc west side of
Now ork We're made very sick 10y partnl,iug
OF Ice cream that had been poisoned
Az explosion OF half a ton of material rc.
s'mhling gun cotton at the works of the Gel.
lpuitc Manufacturing Co. Arlington y j. .
destroyed the factory, killed a man and "a
Grl fatally injured another man aud inflicted
injuries un fifteen other persons. buildings
BCar the explosion were wrecked, nearly
every storo in the town had It's show window, ,
blown out and window glass was smashed
ceilings injured, aud Crockcry destroyed foI
quarter of a mile in every direction.
THE United States sloop oI war Osen,co
was prevented from sailing from Boston. a
few days since, 10y the dcSertiou of twenty one
OF her crew.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-07-14
NEwsY NOTES.

IHE number OF religious 5,.cts in EnglanI
nhd Wales now number go
THERE is complaint in all parts of Cali.
forniu Of scarcity Of harvest hands
THE Society Of Christian Endcnvor. only
six years old, now numbers IOJ OJJ members
Two years ago Findlny Ohio. had D. UJJ ip.
hnbitants; now it has 10000 Natural ga.
did 10.
RAILWAY cars are now Gttsi mp as chapsl,
in ltu.'iu,sp chat people may worship a. tney
travel
MrRArLLEusE is being tried i'm the
Austrian army which Will fire l,OJJ bullets
in ninety seconds
TW United State, Fish Commis ,ion.rs
have distribute gl OJJ.OJI shnI iu thr river.
Of the country the past season.
a VERMONT physician report. the De- .eut
death Oi % patient nt sixty yeHr. OF ace win,
never possessed % natural tDJth
sixty TWO sheep huilled together under
On tree boo OshtrmY Mich. durmz "a recent
storm wor" killed bF lightning
EHANrEI Cross pf StDllaId County M0.
sour. i- nearly lOJ wear. old h. ,lr,,.
pension for services boa Indian N,ars
Mr. james S Rohur l.on. of Sew Orleans.
in" largest cotton paut'. boo 90. world. h4.
tlis year 5- UJJ acres Boo cotton and Z, ,UiIa..r,..
iu corn.
Hos f. f. Jnra.Yl. " Baltimore b,.
purchased 5000 uoros Of agricultural land ii
Alabama be intend. ~ g0 tO raising cotton
ON nn extensive scale
Ex MAYOR DAVIS. Of msrom u has Y
sand bin crane that give, % shriu cali tgeut, +,
fOur hours before every torn Tine rrHu.
hiiE year. DID, ani h9s never failed bro It
prophecy
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-07-14
CATTLE FAILING DEAD.
Texas Fever la Nebraska-Lnst Year
IL Cost Them So 200 600

Texas Fever la Nebraska-Lnst Year
IL Cost Them So 900, 900
Notwithstanding the extraordinary pre-.
cautions taken by the Live Stock Sanitary
Committee OF Nebraska, 900 head Of Texas
cattle were smugRled into the State in April
last DIR. Garth, state Veterinarian, received
a dispatch from Tekamah, Burt county,
stating that Texas fever had broken Out
among tho cattle in that county. and over
thirty head had died since yesterday and
that hundreds were sick
He Immediately wired Commissioner
Abbey and Assistant state Veterinarian Was.
sci, who were at Blair, 60 visit the scene. The
Sheriff Of tho county was telegrophcd 20
quarantine all the pastures and roads leading
from the county whore ell cattle had grnzed
on Travelled
One thousand head of Texas cattle were
unloaded at Iokamoh n April and disposed
Of throughout tho country The state has
very stringent quarantine rules 10 the effect
that NO Southern cattle shall be- admitted
iu the State or passed through under any
circumstances bctween March and Decem.
ber j Of each year These rules were uado
stringent owing ~ tho fact that herd OF
Texas cattle three years ago iu1, iced the
Texas fever into the STATE, which cast the
stock interest upward OF 81 OlOOyO
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-07-14
The Amir Of AfghanIstan.

s correspondent of the J0,unm des
Dsi0ts sends the following account Of the
Amir Of Afglmuisilu tAbdurrahman
in the first part of DIS career was sol
dicr when hc was raised 10 the Amirship
he became burcaucrat, new role for
u Afghan ruler, and ono not likely TO
be popular Each day with him has its
appointed work Two days @ week are
devoted 10 his spondcncc, Monday
for that with the upper country NIerat.
Candahar etcJ. Thursday for that with
thc lower country C1bml. Pcshawur and
Indiu On Tuesday hc holds his mill
tary durbar and receives the officers of
tbc garrison. oll of whom dine with him
It is also the day of private reception OF
DiWau.i-IIa.-. ON "wednesday and SAT-
urday hc administers Justice and admits
thc public To- DIS presence. oven To- the
last bcUgar Thi-i- called the Diwauf-
Am. Friday is treated 8s Sunday is in
London -1Il the b8Ia8r.. shops and the
palace itself are closed the mosques
alone remaining open. Sunday is de-
voted to ihc Amir private affairs. The
two most important days aro those of the
Diwan Am for thc Amir is above an q
dispenser of Justice Tic dspcnscs IL
with his hand ON the bile of his sword
Highway robbers arc brought before him
aud hc hears the charge Then ho says
ono OF two things Bckou-hid. and
they cut their thrDats. or 'GarQara
kouuid and they lead them of To- be
hung Il anouirle is lost ON the road
mo- one allowed tO pick it up.
Ii aut One doc. 500 hi- hand is cut or
The Amir i. writing Dis memoirs. be-
ginning with DIS ninth year, and hc is
NOW lorty-tvo They win bc fuIl of iu-
tercI if tho Ghi'u.. win only allow him
tY finish them
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-07-14
The Rni. Rifc-

Alfred Sim.ou sass. BOO bob. book.
Travels Boo the WiId- of Ecuador" Tie
osrious feature in the bats bite IS tLat 30
is hardly ever fclt even when thc person
attacked is awake myself had rc.
markablc illustration of thi- and stood
with "a man who wa rcmWking lhW Doc
could not understand how people a'VIy,
got 30 unaccountably bitten. though while
he was actually making thi- rcmofk u tho
dusk, bat wa, sucking one of his toes.
as was evidenced ly thc Dat being seem
by me and himself To- lutte away. while
the mans toe. TO Dis great surprise. $500.
found 10 be bleeding severely
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-07-14
THE DIAMOND FIELD.

A NIIcmGAN base bnll club has II clergy
man for pitcher
Room CoNNoH OF the New Yorks, was the
irst League player tu make lOD hit.
IHE New Yorks are the best base st"ulers
IN the Lcagu" and the pittshurgs the worst.
KELLY, Boston'- ton thouaand-dollnr prize,
IS not playing good ball, on account of lamo
ness
BRowNING, Of the loui,yilcs. leads the
American Association m batting. lie wa
the first player n the country tu make uu
hundred huse hits
TnE Detroit, have earucd more runs than
any other League club. New York; Chicago,
Washington, Boston, Philndclphia Ind q
npoiis and Pittsburg follow IN order
DUNLAP, the captain aud second basemnn
OF the Dctroits, Is laid up with broken ley,
received in collision win Thompson, tho
ri2ht lcldrr, while running after a fly ball.
JOHNSTON, the Boston fielder has not Inodo
an error IN twenty two games. lIardcc Rich.
nrdson, the Detroit lielicr has also not male
nm error ~ eightc N games. This is great ball
playing
Ex CoNGREssNAN BREwEn, of Trenton,
has written President Young ~ the National
League asking that the League accept Il
beautiful PnIinn trophy a an emblem of thd
championship Of the organization. President
Young has accepted the gift with thanks
DURING the recent game between the Osh
kosh and Duluth clubs, played on tho
grounds ~ the former the wind was travel
ing nt the rate Of 81 milo, nu hour. or course
Ih' dusi was blowing more or less, 80 That ~
was difficult matter 60 play under the cir
cumstauces. During the Wogros, OF the
game no less than thres nies were knocked
up in the air which should have fallen into
the hands Of the centre fielder When they
reached certain altitude however. the wind
caught them and blew th.4n bnck with such
.>pidity that they were either caught by ths
pitcher or one Of the inlieldcrs The catcher
also had an assist In Ike way, catching nv
with his back against back stop. which ui
der ordinary circumstances would have been
captured by the pitcher. In the face Of all
this the game was remarkably close one,
Oshkosh finally winning by a score Of ~ =.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-07-14
REGULATORS ov a RAID
Terrible Fight Bctwecn White Caps
and Two Powerful Uoosiers.

a terrible fight occurred ot Maicnso.
Crawford county Ind Sunday night ls-
tween band Of white Caps Eegulo ot
and two brothers named Nausbee
The White CAPS called upon John Nu..
shoe for the purpose Of whipping him John
and bis brother sherman were awaiting tI.ir
arrival, and with wagon spokcs attacked th.
regulators
In the fight that ensucd Sherman Nau.l..
was probably fatally shJt, and John ua,
beaten with clubs until he was left for dead.
Tho Naushoes were powerful mon and 30 is
said that several White Caps were wounded
and killed The charge against John Naushes
was that be had caused the separation Of
Justice Town and HE wife
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-07-14
Washington.

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has appointed As
semblymon Leonard \. Gcgcrich Tam.
many 10 he Collector Of Internal Revenue in
the Second District of New York State
TWENTY SEVEN national banks with an az
grcgate capital Of s3jJ0,OOO were organized
during june
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-07-14
RAuDrNG CHINESE CAMPS
Reports That Fify Mongolian Miners
Have Been Killed.

Have Been Killed
10 is reported that al the Chinese mining
camps on tho Snake river, in Idaho and Orc
goni have been raided. and the nfty or sixty
miners killed Many muGlatcd rchiaius have
hoated down tho river
It is suspected that either Indians or whites
have raided the camp and murdered most. II
mot an, Of the Celestials. Every few days
Dodies have becn discovered lodged in tho
stream, and in most case. tho bodies lear
marks OF stabs or shots The general inn
preston Is that the murders were committed
by whites, who killed the Chinese To- rob
them Of their gold dust Tho Chinese resi-.
dents ofLewistou have sent up several scouts
TO make an Investigation OF the matter No
communications ON the subject havc reached
ths Chinese Consul at San Francisco
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-07-14
a SUMMER sONo.
OF spirit Of tho summertime,

Ol spirit of the summertime,
Bring back the roses to the dell,.
The swallow from her distant CLINE.
The honey-bce from drowsy cells.
Bring back the friendship Of the sun.
Tho gildcd evening, calm and late.
When merry children homevard run.
And pecpiug stars bid lovers wait
Bring back the singing anl tie scent,
OF meadow lands at dewy rhine;
o. bring again my hearts content.
Thou spirit of The summertime.
Irish Times,